Federalism and Legal Unification - A Comparative Empirical Investigation of Twenty Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)

How and to what degree do federations produce uniform law within their system? This comparative empirical study addresses these questions comprehensively for the first time. Originally produced under the auspices of the International Academy of Comparative Law, this volume examines legal unification in twenty federations around the world. Each of the successive chapters presents the forces of unification through the lens of a particular federal system. A comparative overview chapter provides a detailed analysis of the overall results with compelling visual illustrations of legal unification along different dimensions (e.g. by area of law; by federation; by civil vs common law system). The overview chapter summarizes and analyzes the means and methods of legal unification and the degree of legal unification of each system, and explains the driving forces of legal unity and diversity in federations more generally. The volume presents surprising findings that should make scholars rethink their abandonment of the civil law vs. common law distinction in comparative law. This book is a milestone in the study of federalism. It is a rare and welcome melding of comparative law and comparative politics using both original data and qualitative analysis. Wide-ranging, probing, and definitive, this book is an invaluable resource for students of law, politics, and multi-level governance. Gary Marks, Burton Craige Professor, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Chair in Multilevel Governance, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 28
Release date:	September 2016
First published:	2014
Editors:	Daniel Halberstam • Mathias Reimann
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	559
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
ISBN-13:	978-9402407099
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Law > International law > Public international law > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General
LSN:	940240709X
Barcode:	9789402407099

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